We are looking for a lawyer with expertise across energy, specifically commodity trading, to support a global resourcing company for an initial period of 10 months.
The role will principally involve supporting financing transactions, including pre-export finance, reserve-based lending, acquisition finance and trade finance.
The successful lawyer will be part of a diverse and collegiate team, and there may be scope to get involved in the other activities which include:
- Day-to-day support for the operational aspects of physical commodity trading, including shipping, quantity and quality claims, demurrage, non-performance and other contractual issues.
- Lower carbon activities, such as biofuels, circular economy and emission reduction projects.
- Joint ventures, storage arrangements and new country access.
Ideally you will have:
- Experience of commodity trading, commercial agreements, offtakes and financing documents.
- Ability to work both autonomously and as a great teammate working in a global function.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with the creativity to propose different options and build consensus.
This assignment can be full time or part time, working on a hybrid model with some days working from the London office.
If this sounds like you and you're looking for your next opportunity, we'd love to hear from you.
Why Join LOD?
People come to us for a whole range of reasons – they might be looking for time for their interests, for work alongside other projects, or just want a change. What they all have in common is a desire for high quality work coupled with a degree of control that traditional models can’t offer, but LOD can.
All of our LODs have worked at top tier firms or as part of major in-house teams. We only accept a small percentage of applications as we choose lawyers who are not only technically excellent, but who can work seamlessly with our client’s teams. This ensures we can offer our lawyers consistently high-quality assignments.
We can offer:
- Varied, challenging, career-enhancing work with market leading brands (from Google to Barclays, and Amex to adidas) as well as exciting growth companies.
- Flexibility and autonomy: you can work anything from full-time on site with a client to a few hours each week from home.
- Training and know-how, as well as support from our dedicated HQ Team.
- A variety of flexible models that include working at the client’s offices or remotely.
About LOD
LOD is the leading flexible legal service provider across ten locations: Brisbane, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, New York, Perth, Singapore, Dubai, Munich and Sydney. We are changing the way in which clients buy legal services and provide talented lawyers with a new way of working.
We’ve achieved some of the fastest growth in our sector by creating and leading a new professional service category. That growth continues as we launch new services, responding to the way our lawyers want to work and clients want to engage them. This role offers an opportunity to be part of this story.
LOD has caught the imagination of the changing legal marketplace for ‘new law’ services. We now have a team of around 600 lawyers and consultants of the highest quality working across the globe. We have an inspiring client list that range from globally recognised multinationals to start-ups and include the likes of Google, Barclays and adidas.